National Republican., 1887-03-24
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
Opinions OF the Leading Papers on
Matters Of General Interest

matters OF General Interest
New York World: AS probable chief OF
the. commission Judge Cooley will take
high rank. He is man OF experience and
sound judgment. The other gentlemen are
little more than ordinary politicians.
Pittsburg Dispatch. After the Washing
ton correspondents have announced the
resignation OF Garland, Whitney, and En-
dicott, they should not forget to add Lamar
There is no likelihood OF Lamar's resign
iDg but the job OF Cabinet-breaking cannot
be complete without going through the
whole list.
Kansas City Journal. The rumor that
Sir John Macdonald proposes to visit
Washington TO effect q settlement OF the
fisheries question is doubtless incorrect
Sir John would be informed that the United
States government treats only with head =.
quarters, and that headquarters in this In -
stance is situated In England.
New York Tribune: The arduous labors
OF the President in seeking to give effect to
the interstate commerce law by the appoint
ment OF five commissioners have at length
been crowned with most gratifying success.
The competence and special fitness Of the
gentlemen upon whom Mr.. Cleveland has
conferred these appointments will be gen.
orally and Immediately recognized.
Chicago Tribune: A Chicago photographer
has been much interested in the subject of
composite photography, as illustrated in
the March Century. A few days ago he
took negative OF Chinese idol by way Of
experiment, and by successively superim-
posing thereupon the negatives Of a rhl.
noceros, donkey, King Charles spaniel,
pelican, gorilla, Flathead Indian, and
Dutch cheese he has secured pretty fair
| photograph OF Mugwump.
J.l T,
amicably compromise with her creditors
| there is no reason why she should not do
SO, but II her creditors refuse to compro.
mise and insist that what Is Justly due
them shall be paid, Virginia should respect
her obligations and pay them. She should
do that, first, because 1t is right, aud,
second, because she can afford to do It..
stricken states Of the old south, she is one
| Of the richest Of the new south.
New York Star: President Cleveland's Is
choice OF interstate commerce commission
tion to Mr.. Morrison will be extremely
gratifying to all true Democrats, and no
Republican can honestly question his pre-
| eminent fitness for the duties that will de-
yolve upon him. In choosing Judge
| Schoonmaker as the representative OF hi
| own state, the President has made selec
tion that New Workers. will recognize a
eminently suitable by reason OF experience,
sound judgment, and absolute indepen
| dence.
| Philadelphia Record: 1t has been init
mated that Speaker Carlisle is too poor tc
accept the position Of Secretary OF the
Treasury, as he could not meet the cash re
| quirements necessary to fulfill the social OBJ
legations Of a place In the Cabinet. Thi,
snobbish suggestion certainly does moi
come from Mr.. Carlisle. Some Of the bes
brains In the country could not be mad,
useful to the country II the ability to squan
der money in prefusion were a necessary
accompaniment Of exalted public station
Such talk is the merest tattle.
New York Herald. The country Is t.
be congratulated that Secretary Whitne,
has, by the businesslike use Of the small ap
preparations Congress did make, secured
the establishment by private enterprise OF
works which will furnish, not after man,
years, but within less than eighteeI
months, steel for both guns and armor-
steel of the best kind, in sufficient quaint
ties not only for guns, but for armor su
perlor TO that borne to- day by any European
prices low enough to compare with ever
poorer qualities of armor used abroad.
New York Tribune Sometimes It look
as II New York Democratic politicians
would almost unanimously oppose Cleve
lands nomination. But your genuine New
York Democrat is simply an appetite OIL
legs. Offer him what he wants and n,
higbnown notion Of principle will preven
his shouting for the dispenser of patron
age. The fat places are not all gone; som
of them are shrewdly Kept waiting 70
eleventh hour lasorers in the politica
vineyard. As between Democrat lik,
| Gov, Hill, who can control no office n
speak Of, and great reformer like Presl
dent Cleveland, who puts the salarie
where they will do the most good, th
party Of appetites and nothing else is ap
to choose as Its commander the sutler In
stead Of the soldier.